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Writer Graeme Wood posed precisely this question in the cover story of this month's Atlantic magazine, triggering a storm across television and social media. He suggested ISIL is deeply rooted in an authentic strand of medieval Islam. On Wednesday, you can catch the Religion and Ethics Report ...

Amir and Jakob, two young Danish Muslims had a similar family background and education. Jakob becomes a journalist who writes about radicalization and terrorism, Amir becomes a member of ISIS and leaves Denmark to fight in Syria and Iraq. A personal story about the origins of radicalism. ...

Pope Francis has made no secret of his conviction that human-induced climate change represents a grave threat to humanity's future. His forthcoming ecological encyclical is shaping up as a decisive intervention....

More than a billion people around the world have celebrated Lunar New Year and in that spirit we meet , a young Australian composer of Chinese heritage and a player of theerhu(Chinese two-string fiddle), whose music combines Roman Catholic plainchant with Buddhist and Taoist percussion. ...

To celebrate International Women's Day, we meet the international singing star, women's rights activist and Buddhist nun, Ani Choying Drolma. Born and raised within sight of the great Buddhist stupa of Boudhanath in Kathmandu, Choying Drolma suffered unspeakable physical abuse from her ...